Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- First World War Memorial
- Is York Cursed?
- The Battle of the Standard
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Our Lady's Row
- Holy Trinity Church
- Vikings and Christianity
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The York Helmet
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The First Minster
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Debtors' Prison
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Newgate Cross Shaft