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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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Feeding Roman York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Medieval Castle
- The First Railway Station
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Sixties York
- Walmgate Bar
- Mary Ward
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Hospitium
- The Red Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York St John in the 20th Century