Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's Coat of Arms
- Silver Strap Ends
- Inscription to Hecules
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York and the Holocaust
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Transport Moves On
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The George Fox Incident
- King Richard II and York
- King Edward III and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Railway King: George Hudson