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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- The New Theatre
- Bronze weights
- Fire in the Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Sixties York
- Victoria Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Multangular Tower
- Stonegate
- Water Lanes
- Viking Coins
- Alcuin of York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bones of a Roman Combatant