Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Stonegate
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- View from Station Rise
- The Mystery Plays
- Judges Lodging
- First World War York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- John Carr - Architect
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Teaching the Poor
- Middleham Jewel
- York Art Gallery
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Female Prison