Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Fire in the Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- George Leeman
- Ripon College for Women
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- John Carr - Architect
- Ouse Bridge
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Crest of York St John College
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Water Lanes
- The End of the Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street