Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- First World War Memorial
- The Mansion House
- The Medieval Minster
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- First World War York
- York Art Gallery
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Margaret Clitherow
- John Carr - Architect
- The Bar Convent
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Wilfrid
- George Leeman