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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- The York Observatory
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman House
- New Earswick
- George Leeman
- A New Walk
- Alcuin of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Edward III and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fairfax House
- York Union Gas Works
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Bombed
- Minster Library