Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Lendal Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Viking Male Grooming
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Bar Convent
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Sixties York
- William Etty, Artist
- The York Observatory
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Feeding Roman York
- The White Rose of York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels