Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- A Pipkin
- The New Theatre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Sixties York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Barley Hall
- The George Fox Incident
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Military Belt Fitting
- Ouse Bridge
- The Multangular Tower
- The First Railway Station
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The County Court House