Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Monk Bar
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Ouse Bridge
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Second World War York
- The Norman Minster
- The York Observatory
- A New Vision For York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Art Gallery
- Middleham Jewel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Silk Cap
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Water Lanes