Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's Airfield
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Dick Turpin
- Monk Bar
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Jubbergate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Holocaust
- The Horn of Ulf
- Feeding Roman York
- The Retreat
- St Crux's Church