Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- The Norman Castle
- Teaching the Poor
- Margaret Clitherow
- Viking Male Grooming
- The York Hoard
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bone Trial Piece
- Ouse Bridge
- Water Lanes
- The Hospitium
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The George Fox Incident
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Barker Tower
- The Greyfriars