Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- First World War York
- The County Court House
- Fishergate Bar
- York Garrison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Mary Ward
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Horn of Ulf
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Black Death
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Minster Library
- The Debtors' Prison