Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Guy Fawkes
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Head Pot
- Bootham School
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Transport Moves On
- First World War York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Horn of Ulf
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Sixties York
- The Retreat
- Middleham Jewel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Yorkshire Museum
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool