Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- George Leeman
- York Union Gas Works
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Roman Fortress
- Viking Male Grooming
- Victoria Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Bombed
- Bronze weights
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Guildhall
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Airfield
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Castle