Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Teaching the Poor
- Fishergate Bar
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Gold Arm Ring
- Gold Finger Ring
- King Edward I and York
- Bootham Bar
- The Cawood Sword
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Railway Institute
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New Walk
- Constantius Chlorus
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop