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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Prisons
- Guy Fawkes
- The Debtors' Prison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The New Theatre
- St William's Shrine
- Mary Ward
- King Edward II and York
- The Guildhall
- Bronze weights
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Shopping Centres
- Ouse Bridge
- Barley Hall
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Industrial Upheaval