Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- The Retreat
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Cross
- A New University
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Female Prison
- Statue of Napoleon
- Sixties York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Treasurer's House
- Margaret Clitherow
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Minster Library
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'