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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Medieval Minster
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Abbot's House
- King Edward III and York
- The Shambles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- William Etty, Artist
- York Garrison
- Barley Hall
- The Norman Minster
- Industrial Upheaval
- Clifford's Tower