Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Norman Window Frame
- Fire in the Minster
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Roman Fortress
- The Basilica
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman Minster
- St Crux's Church
- The Norman Castle
- Crest of York St John College
- The First Railway Station
- Inscription from Fortress Gate