Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Dick Turpin
- A New Walk
- Church of St Olave
- Water Lanes
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Council of Arles
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barker Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Teaching the Poor
- The End of the Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Male Grooming
- Barley Hall