Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Judges Lodging
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Male Grooming
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Bar Convent
- George Leeman
- The Female Prison
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Inscription to Hecules
- The White Rose of York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bootham Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Feeding Roman York
- Trams Pulled by Horses