Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Guy Fawkes
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The First Minster
- King Edward II and York
- Micklegate Bar