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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- A New Walk
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bootham Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Minster Library
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Teaching the Poor
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Multangular Tower
- Central Methodist Chapel