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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- Vikings and Christianity
- Holy Trinity Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- A Pipkin
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Medieval Prisons
- Jubbergate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- St Crux's Church
- Ouse Bridge
- The End of the Abbey
- Bootham School
- The Guildhall