Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York's Coat of Arms
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Railway Institute
- St William's Shrine
- Fire in the Minster
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Mary Ward
- The York Helmet
- The Mystery Plays
- Guy Fawkes
- Industrial Upheaval