Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- First World War York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Ripon College for Women
- New Earswick
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- The Mystery Plays
- King Richard II and York
- Fire in the Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Coat of Arms
- Silver Strap Ends
- Archbishop Scrope Executed