Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Medieval Castle
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Crux's Church
- King Richard II and York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham School
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The George Fox Incident
- York Central Library
- Lendal Bridge
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Mary Ward
- Olive Oil Container