Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Edward II and York
- The Mystery Plays
- The Cawood Sword
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The York Observatory
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham School
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Monk Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Medieval Castle
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Bombed
- Barley Hall
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'