Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway Institute
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Margaret Clitherow
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Medieval Prisons
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Abbot's House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Minster Library
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Hospitium
- Barley Hall
- Olive Oil Container