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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The New Theatre
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bone Trial Piece
- King Edward II and York
- The Mansion House
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Red Tower
- Walmgate Bar
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The End of the Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- Ripon College for Women
- King Richard II and York