Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Norman Window Frame
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Is York Cursed?
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Hospitium
- New Shopping Centres
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Crest of York St John College
- Fire in the Minster
- The First Railway Station