Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Gold Arm Ring
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Observatory
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Union Gas Works
- The Retreat
- George Leeman
- King Edward III and York
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Water Lanes
- The York Helmet
- York in the fifteenth Century