Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The York Hoard
- Cinema Comes to York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Debtors' Prison
- Fire in the Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Fishergate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- The Shambles
- The County Court House
- A New University
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- William Etty, Artist