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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Lendal Bridge
- View from Station Rise
- The Medieval Abbey
- The 1190 Massacre
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Basilica
- New Earswick
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Norman Minster
- Inscription to Hecules
- First World War Memorial
- First World War York
- Judges Lodging
- The Minster after the Reformation