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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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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.
- Mary Ward
- Industrial Upheaval
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Walmgate Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- New Shopping Centres
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Boot
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Fire in the Minster
- Sixties York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Shambles
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Gold Finger Ring
- Is York Cursed?