Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- The First Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Greyfriars
- The First Railway Station
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The New Theatre
- Stonegate
- The Railway Institute
- King Edward III and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The End of the Abbey
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Abbey
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Debtors' Prison
- Cinema Comes to York