Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Lendal Tower
- The Hospitium
- Viking Boot
- The Black Death
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Feeding Roman York
- Ouse Bridge
- The Mansion House
- The Bar Convent
- Mary Ward
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool