Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Jubbergate
- Our Lady's Row
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Stonegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Water Lanes
- The Shambles
- York Bombed
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The End of the Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- Second World War York
- Sixties York
- Guy Fawkes