Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Viking Male Grooming
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Lendal Tower
- The Medieval Castle
- A New Walk
- York and the Holocaust
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham School
- The Hospitium
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Silk Cap