Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Eric Bloodaxe
- King Richard II and York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- John Carr - Architect
- The Cawood Sword
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St William's Shrine
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning