Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Railway Station
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Coins
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Retreat
- Jubbergate
- George Leeman
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The New Theatre
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Mithras and Arimanius