Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Statue of an Athlete
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King Richard II and York
- A New Walk
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bronze weights
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Hospitium
- The Norman Abbey
- The Railway Institute
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Carving
- A New University
- The York Helmet
- Eric Bloodaxe