Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Bar
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The First Railway Station
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The End of the Abbey
- York's Airfield
- Military Belt Fitting
- The George Fox Incident
- King Richard II and York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Hospitium
- William Etty, Artist
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fire in the Minster