Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Bombed
- Lendal Bridge
- The 1190 Massacre
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- William Etty, Artist
- Dick Turpin
- Bronze weights
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Amber Bead Workshop
- St William's Shrine
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Rebuilt in Stone