Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Clifford's Tower
- The Mystery Plays
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Roman Fortress
- Statue of Napoleon
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- First World War Memorial
- Industrial Upheaval
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Judges Lodging
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York St John in the 20th Century