Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Walmgate Bar
- Lendal Bridge
- The First Railway Station
- Military Belt Fitting
- Minster Library
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The George Fox Incident
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Lendal Tower
- Second World War York
- The Abbot's House
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Garrison