Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Barley Hall
- Dick Turpin
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Sixties York
- Guy Fawkes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Art Gallery
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Holocaust