Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Mystery Plays
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Medieval Prisons
- Gold Arm Ring
- First World War York
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Garrison
- York's Coat of Arms
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Holocaust