Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Railway Institute
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Lendal Bridge
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Stonegate
- King Edward I and York
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Victorian Prison Building