Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- York and the Holocaust
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Council of Arles
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Debtors' Prison
- Mary Ward
- Guy Fawkes
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Assembly Rooms
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop