Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Royal Station Hotel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Water Lanes
- The Roman Fortress
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Central Library
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Transport Moves On
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Second World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters