Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Sixties York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Barley Hall
- York's Coat of Arms
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fire in the Minster
- Anglian Cross
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New University
- Lendal Bridge
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Medieval Minster