Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Norman Abbey
- Stonegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Guildhall
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Lendal Tower
- York's Airfield
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The York Observatory
- King Richard III and York
- Minster Library
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Viking Boot
- Treasurer's House
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York