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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Olave
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Holy Trinity Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Church of St Helen
- All Saints Church, North Street
- View from Station Rise
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The White Rose of York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and the Holocaust
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- De Grey Rooms
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Debtors' Prison