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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Teaching the Poor
- Minster Library
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Yorkshire Museum
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bootham School
- King Edward III and York
- The Roman Fortress
- The York Helmet
- Feeding Roman York
- De Grey Rooms