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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Yorkshire Museum
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Barley Hall
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Multangular Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- First World War Memorial
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of St Wilfrid
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The End of the Abbey
- Rowntree Park