Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Judges Lodging
- Minster Library
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- All Saints Church, North Street
- A New University
- Guy Fawkes
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Battle of Marston Moor