Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Ripon College for Women
- York Central Library
- Church of St Helen
- Statue of an Athlete
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Yorkshire Museum
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Male Grooming
- View from Station Rise
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre