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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Red Tower
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The White Rose of York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- New Earswick
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Sixties York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Guy Fawkes
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Boot
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Norman Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building