Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Male Grooming
- Lendal Tower
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- 62 Low Petergate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Inscription to Hecules
- York's Coat of Arms
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's Airfield
- Anglian Cross
- New Earswick
- York Bombed