Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Is York Cursed?
- Statue of an Athlete
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Railway Institute
- Norman Window Frame
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Fishergate Bar
- Lendal Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Second World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head