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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Male Grooming
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Norman Window Frame
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The George Fox Incident
- The Railway Institute
- William Etty, Artist
- Daniel Defoe's York
- George Leeman
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Silver Strap Ends
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Bar