Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Coat of Arms
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Bombed
- The End of the Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Multangular Tower