Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bootham School
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Union Gas Works
- The Shambles
- St Crux's Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's Airfield
- First World War Memorial
- York Railway Station
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Second World War York
- York Art Gallery
- Anglian Hanging Bowl