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 City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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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...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Edward III and York
- York Central Library
- Industrial Upheaval
- Fishergate Bar
- Ripon College for Women
- The Railway Institute
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Viking Male Grooming
- Alcuin of York
- A Pipkin
- King Edward I and York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York's first historian: Francis Drake