Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Olive Oil Container
- Water Lanes
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Dick Turpin
- Victoria Bar
- The Hospitium
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Roman Head Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Helen
- New Shopping Centres
- Barley Hall
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions