Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Anglian Carving
- York's Coat of Arms
- Stonegate
- Water Lanes
- George Leeman
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Cawood Sword
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Sixties York
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The County Court House
- 62 Low Petergate
- Gold Finger Ring