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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bone Trial Piece
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Sword Pommel
- A Pipkin
- First World War Memorial
- The York Observatory
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The York Hoard
- New Shopping Centres
- Scarborough Bridge
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Ripon College for Women