Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Shopping Centres
- Judges Lodging
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Female Prison
- Bootham School
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Roman Fortress
- The Black Death
- Cinema Comes to York
- A New Walk
- Clifford's Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Railway Station
- Ouse Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)