Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Treasurer's House
- King Richard III and York
- A New University
- The Council of Arles
- Monk Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Victoria Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Railway Institute
- Water Lanes
- Alcuin of York
- The Black Death
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Bombed
- Anglian Carving