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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Monk Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Alcuin of York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The York Hoard
- Statue of Napoleon
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The County Court House
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Clifford's Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church