Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Greyfriars
- Sixties York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Guildhall
- Treasurer's House
- The Bar Convent
- Mary Ward
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Rowntree Park
- Monk Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Abbey
- Ripon College for Women
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway