Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- The Roman Fortress
- The Guildhall
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Alcuin of York
- A Pipkin
- The White Rose of York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Military Belt Fitting
- The First Minster
- The York Helmet
- Bootham School
- The Norman House
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman Abbey
- Industrial Upheaval