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 Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Lendal Bridge
- York's Coat of Arms
- New Shopping Centres
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Norman Abbey
- Alcuin of York
- The White Rose of York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Anglian Carving
- Is York Cursed?
- Judges Lodging
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of St Helen