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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- The Mansion House
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Richard II and York
- A New Walk
- St Crux's Church
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Holocaust
- York Union Gas Works
- Guy Fawkes
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Treasurer's House
- Middleham Jewel
- Bootham Bar
- Judges Lodging
- York's Coat of Arms
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior