Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- Second World War York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Gold Finger Ring
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of St Helen
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Shambles
- Alcuin of York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The George Fox Incident