Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Crux's Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The York Hoard
- Yorkshire Museum
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Stonegate
- Roman Head Pot
- Judges Lodging
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Military Belt Fitting