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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Jubbergate
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Olave
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Art Gallery
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Second World War York
- Minster Library