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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- New Earswick
- Ripon College for Women
- Treasurer's House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fishergate Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Helmet
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Garrison
- The Retreat
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Trams Pulled by Horses