Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Church of St Helen
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Multangular Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Rowntree Park
- The New Theatre
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Norman Minster
- The Debtors' Prison