Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The First Minster
- Military Belt Fitting
- The York Helmet
- Ripon College for Women
- Cinema Comes to York
- Rowntree Park
- The Medieval Abbey
- Stonegate
- Middleham Jewel
- York Bombed
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Guildhall
- First World War Memorial