Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bootham Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's Airfield
- York Central Library
- Ripon College for Women
- The Shambles
- A New University
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- William Etty, Artist
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Roman Chimney Pot
- St Martin Le Grand Church