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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Teaching the Poor
- York Bombed
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and the Holocaust
- The Norman Minster
- Alcuin of York
- The Council of Arles
- Constantius Chlorus
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- 62 Low Petergate
- Holy Trinity Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bootham Bar