Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- The Abbot's House
- Holy Trinity Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Shambles
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Alcuin of York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Carving
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Walmgate Bar
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- New Earswick
- Bootham School