Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Cross
- The Hospitium
- Yorkshire Museum
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- First World War Memorial
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- A New Walk
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fire in the Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Fishergate Bar