Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The County Court House
- The 1190 Massacre
- Our Lady's Row
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Ouse Bridge
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The York Hoard
- The York Observatory
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Silver Strap Ends
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Red Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church