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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Lendal Bridge
- Bootham School
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham Bar
- Norman Window Frame
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Monk Bar
- Treasurer's House
- Feeding Roman York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A Pipkin