Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Sixties York
- King Richard II and York
- The Guildhall
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York Garrison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Is York Cursed?
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Teaching the Poor