Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Silver Strap Ends
- Barley Hall
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Basilica
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Military Belt Fitting
- The County Court House
- The White Rose of York
- Viking Boot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Assembly Rooms
- Fire in the Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Castle Museum