Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- George Leeman
- Royal Station Hotel
- Industrial Upheaval
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Sixties York
- Bone Trial Piece
- 62 Low Petergate
- The 1190 Massacre
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Mansion House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Jubbergate