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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- A New University
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Lendal Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Central Library
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)