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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- First World War York
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Industrial Upheaval
- Guy Fawkes
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Barker Tower
- York Castle Museum
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Rowntree Park
- King Richard II and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The White Rose of York