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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- A New Vision For York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Basilica
- Gold Finger Ring
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Guy Fawkes
- Minster Library
- Teaching the Poor
- Ripon College for Women
- The York Helmet
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom