Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- King Edward III and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze weights
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Norman Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Hospitium
- York and the Holocaust
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head