Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Dick Turpin
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward I and York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Minster Library
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Constantius Chlorus
- King Richard III and York
- The White Rose of York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Guildhall
- First World War Memorial
- The Newgate Cross Shaft