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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- The Shambles
- The First Railway Station
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Guildhall
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bootham School
- Victoria Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- New Earswick
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Art Gallery
- Sixties York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Stonegate
- Inscription to Hecules
- The White Rose of York