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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Lendal Tower
- Water Lanes
- Statue of the God Mars
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Roman Head Pot
- The York Observatory
- The Shambles
- Fire in the Minster
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Stonegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Barley Hall