Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Ripon College for Women
- Teaching the Poor
- The Debtors' Prison
- The County Court House
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Bar Convent
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Clifford's Tower
- View from Station Rise
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity