Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The Medieval Minster
- The Abbot's House
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Middleham Jewel
- New Shopping Centres
- The Roman Fortress
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St William's Shrine
- Viking Boot
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Anglian Hanging Bowl