Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Treasurer's House
- Ouse Bridge
- The Medieval Abbey
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The End of the Abbey
- York Bombed
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Olive Oil Container
- Ripon College for Women
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Multangular Tower