Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Medieval Prisons
- The Cawood Sword
- Micklegate Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Edward III and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Helen
- George Leeman
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Teaching the Poor
- The End of the Abbey
- The York Observatory
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bone Trial Piece