Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Dick Turpin
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Basilica
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Hospitium
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Cinema Comes to York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- View from Station Rise
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Olive Oil Container