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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Mary Ward
- The Red Tower
- The Mystery Plays
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York Central Library
- Statue of the God Mars
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Assembly Rooms
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The White Rose of York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- King Edward I and York