Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Guy Fawkes
- Bootham Bar
- Scarborough Bridge
- Inscription to Hecules
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Statue of the God Mars
- Ripon College for Women
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- A New University
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Dick Turpin
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)