Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Railway Station
- The Hospitium
- The White Rose of York
- Roman Head Pot
- New Shopping Centres
- York Garrison
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Lendal Bridge
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Inscription from Fortress Gate