Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King's Manor - Victorian
- St Crux's Church
- York's Airfield
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Barker Tower
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster after the Reformation