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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Anglian Carving
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Helmet
- The Medieval Castle
- Victoria Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Garrison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Ouse Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The George Fox Incident
- York Central Library
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Abbot's House