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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- Lendal Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars
- New Earswick
- The Retreat
- Crest of York St John College
- Is York Cursed?
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Vikings and Christianity
- A New University
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Mithras and Arimanius