Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The York Observatory
- Barley Hall
- William Etty, Artist
- The Cawood Sword
- Fire in the Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- George Leeman
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Crux's Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Edward I and York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Crossed Keys Symbol