Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- Cinema Comes to York
- Medieval Prisons
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Central Library
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Stonegate
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The York Hoard