Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Feeding Roman York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Industrial Upheaval
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The First Railway Station
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham Bar
- The County Court House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Teaching the Poor
- The Horn of Ulf
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard