Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- New Earswick
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Sixties York
- Anglian Carving
- The York Observatory
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Richard III and York
- Victoria Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- First World War York
- Olive Oil Container
- The Shambles
- York Art Gallery
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster in the 20th Century