Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward II and York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Mystery Plays
- Second World War York
- The First Minster
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bronze weights
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Crux's Church