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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Bone Trial Piece
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's Coat of Arms
- Treasurer's House
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Teaching the Poor
- York Union Gas Works
- York Central Library
- The Hospitium
- Monk Bar
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fishergate Bar