Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights
- The Retreat
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- John Carr - Architect
- Church of St Helen
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Medieval Minster
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Walmgate Bar
- Sixties York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Hospitium
- All Saints Church, North Street