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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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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.
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- View from Station Rise
- The Railway Institute
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- A New Vision For York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's Airfield
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Union Gas Works
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York and the Holocaust
- King Edward II and York