Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Hospitium
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Minster
- Walmgate Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Silver Strap Ends
- Inscription to Hecules
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The First Railway Station
- The Medieval Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The First Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva