Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- William Etty, Artist
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Union Gas Works
- Dick Turpin
- Stonegate
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Mystery Plays
- The Railway Institute
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Coat of Arms
- Gold Arm Ring