Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York and the Holocaust
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Jubbergate
- Lendal Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Norman Abbey
- The Bar Convent
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Stonegate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Airfield