Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York and the Holocaust
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Red Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Council of Arles
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fishergate Bar
- Bootham Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Alcuin of York