Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Ouse Bridge
- Roman Head Pot
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Norman Window Frame
- A Pipkin
- Viking Boot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Judges Lodging
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Abbot's House
- Statue of an Athlete
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa