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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- A Pipkin
- Olive Oil Container
- Rowntree Park
- The Mansion House
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Treasurer's House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- First World War Memorial
- The Female Prison
- The Norman Abbey
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)