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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- A New University
- The Mansion House
- George Leeman
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Male Grooming
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Black Death
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Silver Strap Ends
- Alcuin of York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The York Observatory
- A New Walk