Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Union Gas Works
- The Bar Convent
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Norman Minster
- York Bombed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Feeding Roman York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Railway Institute
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bronze weights
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- All Saints Church, North Street