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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- The Medieval Castle
- York and the Holocaust
- The Battle of the Standard
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Rowntree Park
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King Edward I and York
- Feeding Roman York
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Cross
- The Council of Arles
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Constantius Chlorus
- Water Lanes
- The White Rose of York