Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- The First Railway Station
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Barley Hall
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Bombed
- The Norman House
- Fire in the Minster
- The Roman Fortress
- The White Rose of York
- Minster Library
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Edward III and York
- The George Fox Incident
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Wilfrid