Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- St William's Shrine
- The Debtors' Prison
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Minster Library
- Bone Trial Piece
- Margaret Clitherow
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Railway Station
- The Mansion House
- Bronze weights
- York Union Gas Works
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Norman Castle