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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The York Hoard
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Crest of York St John College
- The York Helmet
- The Multangular Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The George Fox Incident
- Walmgate Bar
- Second World War York
- Micklegate Bar
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters