Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Minster
- The Bar Convent
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Minster Library
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Council of Arles
- York's Airfield
- View from Station Rise
- The Hospitium
- A New Vision For York
- King Richard III and York