Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Margaret Clitherow
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Norman Window Frame
- Bone Trial Piece
- John Carr - Architect
- The Bar Convent
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The White Rose of York
- York and the Holocaust
- The New Theatre
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Roman Gods and Goddesses