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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rowntree Park
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Basilica
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Industrial Upheaval
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's Airfield
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The First Minster
- York's Coat of Arms