Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- A New Walk
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The County Court House
- A Pipkin
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's Coat of Arms
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Water Lanes
- King Edward III and York