Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Observatory
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Council of Arles
- A New University
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York