Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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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.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Lendal Tower
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Lendal Bridge
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Roman Fortress
- Dick Turpin
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's Airfield
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- View from Station Rise
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Yorkshire Museum
- Inscription to Hecules