Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- The Red Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- The York Observatory
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Gold Finger Ring
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Fishergate Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- First World War York
- St William's Shrine
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Hospitium
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Tombstone of Julia Velva