Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Battle of the Standard
- Crest of York St John College
- Walmgate Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- New Earswick
- A Pipkin
- Barker Tower
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Roman Fortress
- Alcuin of York
- Second World War York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- St Crux's Church
- Viking Coins