Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward II and York
- Dick Turpin
- The Female Prison
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Red Tower
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fairfax House
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The White Rose of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Judges Lodging
- Ouse Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York