Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Bone Trial Piece
- Yorkshire Museum
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Edward I and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Middleham Jewel
- The Abbot's House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Fairfax House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Teaching the Poor
- Silver Strap Ends
- York's Coat of Arms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake