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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The York Observatory
- Jubbergate
- York Central Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Male Grooming
- The York Hoard
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Anglian Cross
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Horn of Ulf
- Military Belt Fitting
- A New University
- York Railway Station
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Shopping Centres
- The Hospitium