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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bronze weights
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Crest of York St John College
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of the God Mars
- Judges Lodging
- York Central Library
- Olive Oil Container
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Teaching the Poor
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Is York Cursed?
- Guy Fawkes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)