Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Union Gas Works
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Roman Fortress
- John Carr - Architect
- Inscription to Hecules
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Horn of Ulf
- The New Theatre
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Alcuin of York
- Bootham Bar