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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Medieval Prisons
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman House
- Viking Boot
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Central Library
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's Medieval Synagogue