Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Norman Minster
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Bombed
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- A New Walk
- Victoria Bar
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Observatory
- Lendal Tower
- Clifford's Tower
- The Railway Institute
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop