Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St William's Shrine
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Council of Arles
- King Edward III and York
- Walmgate Bar
- The Mystery Plays
- The White Rose of York
- Viking Boot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Battle of the Standard
- Victoria Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)