Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Olive Oil Container
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War Memorial
- William Etty, Artist
- Ripon College for Women
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman Minster
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Carving
- Crest of York St John College
- Church of St Helen
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Bombed
- Fishergate Bar