Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- View from Station Rise
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War Memorial
- Church of St Olave
- The Mystery Plays
- Sixties York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The New Theatre
- York Garrison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle