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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Bronze weights
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Feeding Roman York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Carving
- Barker Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Male Grooming
- Rebuilt in Stone
- New Earswick