Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The New Theatre
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Medieval Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Castle Museum
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of Napoleon
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The White Rose of York
- The George Fox Incident
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Is York Cursed?