Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- The First Minster
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Norman Castle
- A New Walk
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Edward I and York
- View from Station Rise
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Crux's Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The York Observatory
- Rebuilt in Stone