Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New Vision For York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Central Library
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Retreat
- New Shopping Centres
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fire in the Minster
- The Medieval Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom