Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- First World War York
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Crux's Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Micklegate Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Basilica
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- The White Rose of York
- Fishergate Bar
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Barley Hall
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway