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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The New Theatre
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The York Observatory
- The White Rose of York
- Guy Fawkes
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Water Lanes
- Feeding Roman York
- The Bar Convent
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- De Grey Rooms
- Viking Sword Pommel