Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Statue of an Athlete
- Lendal Bridge
- York Central Library
- First World War York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Royal Station Hotel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Middleham Jewel
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Church of St Olave
- Gold Arm Ring
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's first historian: Francis Drake