Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- The Abbot's House
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Mansion House
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Barker Tower
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Coins
- Our Lady's Row
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Viking Silk Cap
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Newgate Cross Shaft