Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Victoria Bar
- Is York Cursed?
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Roman Head Pot
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Monk Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Sixties York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Judges Lodging
- Fishergate Bar