Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Margaret Clitherow
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Medieval Prisons
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Viking Boot
- Church of St Olave
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Red Tower
- The Norman House
- York and the Holocaust
- Sixties York