Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Cawood Sword
- Minster Library
- The Hospitium
- Crest of York St John College
- The Basilica
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Female Prison
- The York Helmet
- The Council of Arles
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York Art Gallery
- Teaching the Poor
- First World War Memorial
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Stonegate