Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Middleham Jewel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Constantius Chlorus
- Our Lady's Row
- The Black Death
- New Earswick
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Fishergate Bar
- St Crux's Church
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- A New Vision For York
- The Shambles
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries