Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- The Medieval Castle
- Minster Library
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Barley Hall
- The Norman Abbey
- Norman Window Frame
- Inscription to Hecules
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Royal Station Hotel
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Monk Bar
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New University