Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Retreat
- The Horn of Ulf
- Lendal Tower
- Fire in the Minster
- The Norman Abbey
- The Bar Convent
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New Walk
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Central Library
- Guy Fawkes
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Victorian Prison Building