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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Industrial Upheaval
- Military Belt Fitting
- The First Railway Station
- Scarborough Bridge
- Water Lanes
- York Garrison
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fairfax House
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Coat of Arms
- A New Vision For York
- Dick Turpin
- Is York Cursed?