Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Mansion House
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Ripon College for Women
- The Multangular Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- William Etty, Artist
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Railway Station
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman Castle
- The York Hoard
- Bones of a Roman Combatant