Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Barley Hall
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York Art Gallery
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bone Trial Piece
- Archbishop Scrope Executed