Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Treasurer's House
- York and the Holocaust
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bone Trial Piece
- King Edward II and York
- The White Rose of York
- View from Station Rise
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- Middleham Jewel
- John Carr - Architect
- The Victorian Prison Building
- William Etty, Artist
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Crest of York St John College
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Medieval Minster