Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Basilica
- The First Railway Station
- New Shopping Centres
- Anglian Carving
- York and the Holocaust
- The Council of Arles
- The 1190 Massacre
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Mystery Plays
- York's Airfield
- Viking Coins
- Bootham School
- The Black Death
- Treasurer's House
- Our Lady's Row
- St Columba's United Reformed Church