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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- The York Observatory
- Minster Library
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Abbot's House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Transport Moves On
- The Debtors' Prison
- First World War York