Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Horn of Ulf
- Dick Turpin
- The Norman Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Roman Fortress
- The Hospitium
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Military Belt Fitting
- The White Rose of York