Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Church of St Helen
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Yorkshire Museum
- Transport Moves On
- The York Hoard
- The Retreat
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- King Edward I and York
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Treasurer's House
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning