Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Ripon College for Women
- Industrial Upheaval
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Lendal Tower
- Water Lanes
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Olive Oil Container
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The First Railway Station
- York Central Library
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King Richard III and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate