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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Medieval Prisons
- Ripon College for Women
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- A New University
- Transport Moves On
- New Shopping Centres
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Royal Station Hotel
- Viking Boot
- Treasurer's House