Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Gold Arm Ring
- First World War York
- Water Lanes
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Transport Moves On
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Bar Convent
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Union Gas Works
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Margaret Clitherow
- Barker Tower
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Viking Silk Cap
- Victoria Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier