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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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- George Leeman
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Cinema Comes to York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Water Lanes
- First World War Memorial
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Silver Strap Ends
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Roman Head Pot
- Aldwark Synagogue
- De Grey Rooms
- St Leonard's Hospital