Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of St Olave
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Castle
- St Crux's Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Judges Lodging
- Military Belt Fitting
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate