Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- William Etty, Artist
- Lendal Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- Teaching the Poor
- St Crux's Church
- The Norman House
- The Basilica
- The Female Prison
- The Hospitium
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Multangular Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fairfax House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Debtors' Prison