Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- New Earswick
- Jubbergate
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Silk Cap
- The White Rose of York
- Is York Cursed?
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Walmgate Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Red Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Second World War York
- Sixties York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse