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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Bombed
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A Pipkin
- Scarborough Bridge
- The New Theatre
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Observatory
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Norman Minster
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Middleham Jewel
- Olive Oil Container
- Church of St Helen
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop