Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Abbey
- Transport Moves On
- Anglian Cross
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Viking Coins
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's Airfield
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Shambles
- Cinema Comes to York
- Teaching the Poor
- The Cawood Sword
- The Horn of Ulf
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King Edward I and York
- The Minster after the Reformation