Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Union Gas Works
- The Guildhall
- Walmgate Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- The County Court House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Cinema Comes to York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bootham School
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- A New University
- Viking Boot
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom