Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Bombed
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- View from Station Rise
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Amber Bead Workshop
- New Shopping Centres
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)