Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- The County Court House
- William Etty, Artist
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Multangular Tower
- York and the Holocaust
- Mary Ward
- York Garrison
- York Art Gallery
- The Guildhall
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Jewbury Cemetery
- All Saints Church, North Street