Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Victoria Bar
- The Norman House
- Royal Station Hotel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Second World War York
- Roman Head Pot
- George Leeman
- Dick Turpin
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Wilfrid