Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- First World War York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bootham School
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Olive Oil Container
- The Medieval Abbey
- A Pipkin
- The Basilica
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Coins
- York Railway Station
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head