Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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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.
- Our Lady's Row
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Debtors' Prison
- Dick Turpin
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Mansion House
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Central Library
- The Norman Abbey
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Roman Fortress