Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The End of the Abbey
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Church of St Helen
- Bootham School
- Fire in the Minster
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze weights
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Railway Institute
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bone Trial Piece
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Medieval Castle