Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Abbot's House
- Lendal Bridge
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Teaching the Poor
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Norman Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Anglian Cross