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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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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...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- The County Court House
- Treasurer's House
- De Grey Rooms
- First World War York
- Second World War York
- The First Railway Station
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham School
- The Medieval Minster
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- View from Station Rise
- Artists, Writers and Scientists