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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Greyfriars
- Medieval Prisons
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Hospitium
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- 62 Low Petergate
- Cinema Comes to York
- Treasurer's House
- The Mansion House
- The Guildhall
- St Crux's Church
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Feeding Roman York
- Viking Coins