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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The New Theatre
- Rowntree Park
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Garrison
- A New Vision For York
- Micklegate Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Anglian Cross
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The First Railway Station
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'