Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Railway Station
- Middleham Jewel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Norman Abbey
- Gold Finger Ring
- Second World War York
- George Leeman
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Monk Bar
- The Hospitium
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Military Belt Fitting