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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Statue of an Athlete
- The York Helmet
- Statue of Napoleon
- Guy Fawkes
- King Richard II and York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Ouse Bridge
- Water Lanes
- Olive Oil Container
- Silver Strap Ends
- Statue of the God Mars
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Gold Finger Ring
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'