Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Minster Library
- The End of the Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- Church of St Olave
- Church of St Helen
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St William's Shrine
- Teaching the Poor
- Feeding Roman York
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Judges Lodging
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The York Observatory