Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Roman Fortress
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- New Earswick
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward I and York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bronze weights
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Medieval Abbey