Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The New Theatre
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of Napoleon
- Anglian Cross
- York Union Gas Works
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Victoria Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Bombed
- Royal Station Hotel
- Cinema Comes to York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake