Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Assembly Rooms
- Sixties York
- The Hospitium
- Lendal Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- Victoria Bar
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Shambles
- Transport Moves On
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Crest of York St John College
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Holocaust
- Jubbergate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars