Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Sixties York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- View from Station Rise
- New Earswick
- Transport Moves On
- York Castle Museum
- The 1190 Massacre
- A Pipkin
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fishergate Bar
- The Greyfriars
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cinema Comes to York
- A New Vision For York