Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Council of Arles
- Water Lanes
- Anglian Carving
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The York Observatory
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Red Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fishergate Bar