Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- York Bombed
- Anglian Carving
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- New Earswick
- Margaret Clitherow
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The County Court House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bootham School
- King Edward III and York
- Lendal Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Bar Convent
- Military Belt Fitting
- Aldwark Synagogue