Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Coins
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Medieval Minster
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Airfield
- King Richard III and York
- Ripon College for Women
- New Shopping Centres
- Guy Fawkes
- King Richard II and York
- The Greyfriars
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St Crux's Church
- Second World War York