Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Edward II and York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Shambles
- A New University
- The Black Death
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Norman Castle
- New Earswick
- The Guildhall
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York's first historian: Francis Drake