Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Basilica
- De Grey Rooms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The White Rose of York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The End of the Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- William Etty, Artist
- Holy Trinity Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Olave
- York Central Library
- Transport Moves On