Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Lendal Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Military Belt Fitting
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- A Pipkin
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Silk Cap
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Norman Window Frame
- King Richard II and York
- Victoria Bar
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward III and York
- Alcuin of York
- A New Vision For York