Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Richard III and York
- The Retreat
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Debtors' Prison
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Red Tower
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Observatory
- York's Airfield
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Crux's Church
- Mary Ward