Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Norman Castle
- King Edward II and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Our Lady's Row
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Assembly Rooms
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The New Theatre
- Viking Boot
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Dick Turpin
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre