Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Norman Castle
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Medieval Minster
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Military Belt Fitting
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Union Gas Works
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Red Tower
- Second World War York
- Ripon College for Women
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- View from Station Rise