Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Roman Fortress
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Guildhall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Female Prison
- Lendal Tower
- The Railway Institute
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Industrial Upheaval