Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Viking Sword Pommel
- St Crux's Church
- Stonegate
- The Assembly Rooms
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Helen
- A New University
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Norman House
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Medieval Castle
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York