Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Rowntree Park
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Fire in the Minster
- Judges Lodging
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and the Holocaust
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Basilica
- Roman Head Pot
- George Leeman
- The Minster in the 20th Century