Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Second World War York
- The Norman Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Barker Tower
- The First Railway Station
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The First Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bronze weights
- York Union Gas Works
- The Council of Arles
- The Greyfriars
- The End of the Abbey