Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Helmet
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Castle Museum
- The Railway Institute
- New Shopping Centres
- King Edward II and York
- The York Observatory
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Victoria Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Horn of Ulf