Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- William Etty, Artist
- Treasurer's House
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The County Court House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Teaching the Poor
- The Shambles
- Viking Male Grooming
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Retreat
- John Carr - Architect
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window