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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Micklegate Bar
- Gold Arm Ring
- The George Fox Incident
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Male Grooming
- The New Theatre
- The Basilica
- The Norman Castle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Anglian Carving
- York Bombed
- Church of St Helen
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Cawood Sword
- Military Belt Fitting