Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Guildhall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The New Theatre
- The Medieval Abbey
- Ouse Bridge
- John Carr - Architect
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Railway Station
- Rowntree Park
- York's Coat of Arms
- Teaching the Poor
- The Debtors' Prison