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 Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The First Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Roman Fortress
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Art Gallery
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Fairfax House
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Greyfriars
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Feeding Roman York