Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Ouse Bridge
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- John Carr - Architect
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Hospitium
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Olave
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Mansion House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Male Grooming