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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jubbergate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Red Tower
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Barley Hall
- King Edward I and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed