Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Barley Hall
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Central Library
- The Cawood Sword
- The Railway Institute
- Fire in the Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham Bar
- The Multangular Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Bar Convent