Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Church of St Olave
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham School
- Military Belt Fitting
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Female Prison
- A New Walk
- First World War York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Abbot's House
- The End of the Abbey
- Guy Fawkes