Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Norman Window Frame
- The Guildhall
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Black Death
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman House
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Cawood Sword
- Monk Bar
- The York Observatory
- The 1190 Massacre
- Second World War York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- A New University