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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Barker Tower
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman Abbey
- King Edward III and York
- Stonegate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- St William's Shrine
- King Richard II and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Water Lanes
- Guy Fawkes
- Dick Turpin
- Ripon College for Women
- York Union Gas Works