Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Bootham School
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Victoria Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Art Gallery
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Railway Institute
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Military Belt Fitting
- Ouse Bridge
- The Mystery Plays
- First World War Memorial
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church