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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Feeding Roman York
- The Mystery Plays
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Art Gallery
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- George Leeman
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fire in the Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Mansion House