Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Medieval Minster
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Cross
- York Art Gallery
- The Cawood Sword
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Red Tower
- Norman Window Frame
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- New Shopping Centres
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Boot
- Sixties York
- Clifford's Tower
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop