Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- First World War York
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The End of the Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Anglian Cross
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Lendal Tower
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Water Lanes
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Gold Finger Ring