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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Black Death
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Rowntree Park
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Edward I and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Norman Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- The First Minster
- Second World War York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Our Lady's Row
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Ouse Bridge