Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New Vision For York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Alcuin of York
- Treasurer's House
- St William's Shrine
- Walmgate Bar
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Silver Strap Ends
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Micklegate Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Minster Library
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York in the fifteenth Century