Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- York Central Library
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Garrison
- The Victorian Prison Building
- William Etty, Artist
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- St Crux's Church
- A Pipkin
- Bone Trial Piece
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Observatory
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Victoria Bar
- York Castle Museum
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Dick Turpin