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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York Central Library
- Silver Strap Ends
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- First World War Memorial
- Sixties York
- The Mystery Plays
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Inscription to Hecules
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Feeding Roman York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse