Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Viking Coins
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York Bombed
- The Norman Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Holy Trinity Church
- Fishergate Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- First World War York
- The Mansion House