Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- A Pipkin
- The County Court House
- The First Railway Station
- Teaching the Poor
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bone Trial Piece
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Walmgate Bar
- Minster Library
- Lendal Bridge
- Holy Trinity Church
- Statue of the God Mars