Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Treasurer's House
- Statue of Napoleon
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Lendal Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Minster Library
- York Union Gas Works
- Barker Tower
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Ouse Bridge
- Fairfax House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Hospitium
- Bronze weights
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop