Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Lendal Bridge
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze weights
- The York Helmet
- York Central Library
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Roman Fortress
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- George Leeman
- A New University
- Transport Moves On
- St William's Shrine
- King Richard III and York
- The Retreat
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'