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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The County Court House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Railway Station
- Feeding Roman York
- The York Observatory
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Walmgate Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- William Etty, Artist
- Eric Bloodaxe
- View from Station Rise
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Retreat