Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Cinema Comes to York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Water Lanes
- The York Observatory
- Is York Cursed?
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bootham Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New Walk
- St William's Shrine
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Ouse Bridge