Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Walmgate Bar
- Viking Boot
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Clifford's Tower
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Richard III and York
- Lendal Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Guy Fawkes