Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bootham Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Yorkshire Museum
- King Edward I and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Medieval Castle
- St Crux's Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Barker Tower
- A New University
- Fire in the Minster
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York