Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Central Library
- The 1190 Massacre
- View from Station Rise
- King Edward I and York
- The Mansion House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- John Carr - Architect
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Retreat
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Constantius Chlorus
- George Leeman