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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Judges Lodging
- Barker Tower
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Central Library
- Micklegate Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Shopping Centres
- Roman Head Pot
- Church of St Helen
- George Leeman
- The Council of Arles
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse