Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Airfield
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Constantius Chlorus
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Judges Lodging