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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Art Gallery
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Railway Station
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Medieval Castle
- The Greyfriars
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa