Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Roman Chimney Pot
- A New Walk
- Mary Ward
- The Norman Minster
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Victoria Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Shambles
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Teaching the Poor
- The Norman Castle
- York Union Gas Works
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy