Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- York Railway Station
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The York Observatory
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Viking Silk Cap
- Mary Ward
- Victoria Bar
- York Central Library
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Sixties York