Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Sixties York
- Crest of York St John College
- King Edward II and York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- William Etty, Artist
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- New Earswick
- Clifford's Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of St Olave
- Second World War York
- The Greyfriars
- Industrial Upheaval
- Water Lanes
- The Minster in the 20th Century