Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Guy Fawkes
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Medieval Abbey
- John Carr - Architect
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War Memorial
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Viking Coins
- The Bar Convent
- Water Lanes
- George Leeman
- The Norman Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Central Library
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Medieval Prisons