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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- The New Theatre
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- Alcuin of York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New Walk
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Guy Fawkes
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Olave
- York Railway Station
- Middleham Jewel
- The Roman Fortress
- First World War Memorial
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A Pipkin