Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- William Etty, Artist
- Vikings and Christianity
- New Shopping Centres
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bone Trial Piece
- Victoria Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Walmgate Bar
- A New Walk
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Leonard's Hospital