Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of St Olave
- The Debtors' Prison
- The End of the Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- The Bar Convent
- The Railway Institute
- A New University
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- A Pipkin
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Mystery Plays
- York Union Gas Works