Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Guy Fawkes
- The York Observatory
- Second World War York
- Our Lady's Row
- The Black Death
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Roman Fortress
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The 1190 Massacre
- Anglian Cross
- The Shambles
- Military Belt Fitting