Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- A New University
- St William's Shrine
- King Edward I and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Norman Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Shambles
- Barley Hall
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Boot
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Artists, Writers and Scientists