Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- A Pipkin
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Red Tower
- York Garrison
- The Norman House
- Olive Oil Container
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York Art Gallery
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Basilica
- Eric Bloodaxe