Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Yorkshire Museum
- Statue of Napoleon
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Abbot's House
- Feeding Roman York
- Mary Ward
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Victoria Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- The Multangular Tower
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St Columba's United Reformed Church