Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- New Earswick
- De Grey Rooms
- Bootham Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham School
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- First World War York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Art Gallery
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Lendal Bridge
- The Norman Castle
- Our Lady's Row