Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- The George Fox Incident
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Railway Station
- King Richard III and York
- Anglian Carving
- The Mansion House
- Feeding Roman York
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Shambles
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Dick Turpin
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy