Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Ouse Bridge
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Sixties York
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Olave
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Coins
- Statue of the God Mars
- First World War York
- King Richard II and York
- The Cawood Sword
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bone Trial Piece