Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Medieval Abbey
- De Grey Rooms
- First World War Memorial
- King Edward II and York
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Gold Arm Ring
- Gold Finger Ring
- Second World War York
- Water Lanes
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Our Lady's Row