Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Is York Cursed?
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Central Library
- The Cawood Sword
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Scarborough Bridge
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Lendal Bridge
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Bar Convent