Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Bar
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bootham School
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Council of Arles
- Bone Trial Piece
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Female Prison
- New Earswick
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Mansion House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 19th Century