Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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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...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Guy Fawkes
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Red Tower
- Jubbergate
- St William's Shrine
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Garrison
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Art Gallery
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Aldwark Synagogue
- New Earswick