Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of an Athlete
- Dick Turpin
- New Shopping Centres
- First World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Victoria Bar
- The New Theatre
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- First World War Memorial
- St Crux's Church
- The George Fox Incident
- The Black Death