Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bone Trial Piece
- View from Station Rise
- Ripon College for Women
- Our Lady's Row
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Medieval Prisons
- The Council of Arles
- King Edward III and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Treasurer's House
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Black Death
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Minster in the 20th Century