Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Walmgate Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Abbey
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Cinema Comes to York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Central Library
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Monk Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Our Lady's Row
- Bootham Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- A New Walk
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers