Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Middleham Jewel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bone Trial Piece
- New Earswick
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The George Fox Incident
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward II and York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Mary Ward
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Railway Institute
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- St Leonard's Hospital