Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Debtors' Prison
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Sixties York
- Treasurer's House
- Military Belt Fitting
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Scarborough Bridge
- Barley Hall
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard II and York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa