Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Medieval Castle
- Feeding Roman York
- Minster Library
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Black Death
- The First Railway Station
- The Hospitium
- Royal Station Hotel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Cross
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Castle Museum
- A New University