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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Norman Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Transport Moves On
- De Grey Rooms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Red Tower
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Union Gas Works
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Fire in the Minster
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Edward I and York
- The White Rose of York