Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- New Shopping Centres
- Is York Cursed?
- The York Helmet
- Our Lady's Row
- The Assembly Rooms
- The First Railway Station
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Teaching the Poor
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Scarborough Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Barley Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New University
- Rowntree Park