Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Water Lanes
- The Medieval Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- Viking Boot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Medieval Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Alcuin of York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse