Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- York Bombed
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St Crux's Church
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham School
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor - Victorian
- 62 Low Petergate
- View from Station Rise
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The George Fox Incident
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bronze weights
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions