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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The End of the Abbey
- Bronze weights
- The Norman Abbey
- George Leeman
- Medieval Prisons
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Sixties York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Scarborough Bridge
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- A Pipkin
- Victoria Bar