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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Retreat
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Assembly Rooms
- Barley Hall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Abbot's House
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The York Observatory
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The End of the Abbey
- George Leeman
- The Black Death