Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The Bar Convent
- Holy Trinity Church
- Clifford's Tower
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The First Minster
- The Medieval Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- Gold Finger Ring
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The York Observatory
- King Richard II and York
- Statue of an Athlete
- The White Rose of York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward II and York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels