Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Multangular Tower
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The White Rose of York
- York Union Gas Works
- Is York Cursed?
- Minster Library
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Bar Convent
- Transport Moves On
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Military Belt Fitting
- William Etty, Artist
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bootham School
- Church of St Helen
- Constantius Chlorus