Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Carving
- First World War York
- King Edward II and York
- Sixties York
- The Cawood Sword
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- New Earswick
- Medieval Prisons
- Military Belt Fitting
- Olive Oil Container
- York Castle Museum
- Statue of Napoleon
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King Richard III and York
- The York Observatory
- Barker Tower
- The Debtors' Prison