Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- View from Station Rise
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The County Court House
- The Norman Minster
- New Earswick
- A New Vision For York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The York Observatory
- The Cawood Sword
- The Medieval Castle
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Stonegate
- King Edward II and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Garrison