Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- King Richard III and York
- Anglian Cross
- Statue of Napoleon
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Middleham Jewel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Fairfax House
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The York Observatory
- 62 Low Petergate
- George Leeman