Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The First Railway Station
- The County Court House
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- George Leeman
- The Multangular Tower
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Monk Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Gold Arm Ring
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St William's Shrine
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Vikings and Christianity
- Elizabeth Boardingham