Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- The Multangular Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Bombed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Transport Moves On
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Walmgate Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Richard II and York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Hospitium
- Cinema Comes to York
- Royal Station Hotel