Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Roman Fortress
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Crest of York St John College
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Castle Museum
- Vikings and Christianity
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Judges Lodging
- York Garrison
- Bootham Bar
- Military Belt Fitting
- Sixties York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- De Grey Rooms