Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Middleham Jewel
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Alcuin of York
- A Pipkin
- The Medieval Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Lendal Tower
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Greyfriars
- The Norman Abbey
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Retreat
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Skeldergate Bridge