Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- A Pipkin
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Judges Lodging
- A New University
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Shambles
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Norman Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Scarborough Bridge