Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bone Trial Piece
- New Earswick
- York Union Gas Works
- Holy Trinity Church
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of the Standard
- Micklegate Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Is York Cursed?
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning