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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bootham School
- First World War York
- York Garrison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The York Observatory
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Edward III and York
- Jubbergate
- The Black Death
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman Abbey
- Mithras and Arimanius
- George Leeman
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head