Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- A New Walk
- New Earswick
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Edward II and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Lendal Tower
- Gold Arm Ring
- St Crux's Church
- Feeding Roman York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Council of Arles
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Margaret Clitherow
- Water Lanes
- Inscription from Fortress Gate