Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Treasurer's House
- The York Observatory
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Council of Arles
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Our Lady's Row
- York Art Gallery
- York Union Gas Works
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New Walk
- Gold Finger Ring