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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- New Earswick
- Church of St Olave
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Vikings and Christianity
- York and the Holocaust
- Lendal Bridge
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's Airfield
- Statue of Napoleon
- Mary Ward
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Inscription to Hecules
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New Vision For York