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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- George Leeman
- Minster Library
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Hospitium
- Fire in the Minster
- York Bombed
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman House
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The York Observatory
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Church of St Helen
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Olive Oil Container
- Scarborough Bridge