Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- New Earswick
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Feeding Roman York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Fire in the Minster
- The Norman Castle
- First World War York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The New Theatre
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Clifford's Tower
- The 1190 Massacre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Railway King: George Hudson