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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Rowntree Park
- Dick Turpin
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Bombed
- The Shambles
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New University
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Alcuin of York
- William Etty, Artist
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard III and York