Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Roman Head Pot
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Hospitium
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Royal Station Hotel
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Battle of the Standard
- The 1190 Massacre
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bone Trial Piece