Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Bootham School
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Victorian Prison Building
- John Carr - Architect
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Bombed
- Church of St Olave
- A Pipkin
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Norman Castle
- Hair of a Roman Girl