Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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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.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Cawood Sword
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The 1190 Massacre
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Red Tower
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Bombed
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Garrison
- Treasurer's House
- View from Station Rise