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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Olave
- A Pipkin
- The Roman Fortress
- Gold Finger Ring
- Minster Library
- Guy Fawkes
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York and the Holocaust
- Lendal Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Walmgate Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Crest of York St John College
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Feeding Roman York