Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The New Theatre
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Guildhall
- York and the Holocaust
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Battle of the Standard
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A New University
- Ripon College for Women
- Vikings and Christianity
- The George Fox Incident
- Our Lady's Row
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- William Etty, Artist
- The Bar Convent