Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Council of Arles
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Carving
- The Abbot's House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Micklegate Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King Edward III and York
- The County Court House
- Bronze weights
- Church of All Saints Pavement