Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Walmgate Bar
- The Abbot's House
- Victoria Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Medieval Abbey
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Prisons
- York Railway Station
- Ouse Bridge
- Jubbergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Margaret Clitherow