Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- The Basilica
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Helen
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The First Railway Station
- Cinema Comes to York
- Crest of York St John College
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Tower