Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- York and the Holocaust
- The Red Tower
- Olive Oil Container
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Norman House
- The York Observatory
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bootham Bar
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Greyfriars
- The 1190 Massacre
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa