Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Norman Window Frame
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Medieval Castle
- Royal Station Hotel
- Sixties York
- York Garrison
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vikings and Christianity
- The County Court House
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- The First Railway Station