Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Judges Lodging
- The First Minster
- Second World War York
- The Medieval Minster
- Ripon College for Women
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York's Coat of Arms
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fishergate Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Union Gas Works
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Cumberland House, King's Staith