Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Hospitium
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Sixties York
- Viking Coins
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The White Rose of York
- Fishergate Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Constantius Chlorus
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Black Death
- Inscription from Fortress Gate