Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- The Black Death
- Statue of an Athlete
- The First Railway Station
- New Shopping Centres
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Lendal Bridge
- York and the Holocaust
- John Carr - Architect
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York St John in the 20th Century