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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cinema Comes to York
- The York Hoard
- The Multangular Tower
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze weights
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Council of Arles
- Rowntree Park
- Viking Silk Cap
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- 62 Low Petergate
- Middleham Jewel
- The First Minster