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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Hospitium
- Is York Cursed?
- Barker Tower
- Cinema Comes to York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Transport Moves On
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Statue of Napoleon
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Archbishop Scrope Executed