Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Victoria Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Cinema Comes to York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Treasurer's House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King Edward III and York
- Anglian Carving
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Central Library
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)