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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Guy Fawkes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Abbot's House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The White Rose of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Ripon College for Women
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Transport Moves On
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Mary Ward
- Jubbergate
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Anglian Hanging Bowl