Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- First World War York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Bar Convent
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Fairfax House
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Holy Trinity Church