Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Olave
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Margaret Clitherow
- First World War Memorial
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Guy Fawkes
- Water Lanes
- The Guildhall
- King Edward I and York