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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Railway Station
- York and the Holocaust
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Greyfriars
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Ripon College for Women
- St Crux's Church
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Union Gas Works
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Elizabeth Boardingham