Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Shambles
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Assembly Rooms
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Bar Convent
- 62 Low Petergate
- The George Fox Incident
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Abbot's House
- Viking Coins
- The Council of Arles
- Bone Trial Piece