Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Guildhall
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The First Minster
- The Medieval Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- First World War Memorial
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Male Grooming
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists