Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bootham School
- Is York Cursed?
- Jubbergate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Victoria Bar
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Treasurer's House
- Bootham Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Multangular Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Feeding Roman York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Head Pot