Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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.
- The Shambles
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Cawood Sword
- Anglian Carving
- William Etty, Artist
- Viking Male Grooming
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Railway Institute
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Sixties York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- George Leeman