Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- A New Walk
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The First Minster
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Multangular Tower
- Walmgate Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Airfield
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- New Shopping Centres
- Treasurer's House
- The Basilica
- The Mystery Plays
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- 62 Low Petergate