Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Coat of Arms
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Norman Window Frame
- Dick Turpin
- King Richard III and York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Edward III and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and the Holocaust
- Scarborough Bridge
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Alcuin of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Castle Museum