Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Greyfriars
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Judges Lodging
- A New Walk
- Vikings and Christianity
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Medieval Prisons
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Airfield
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Rebuilt in Stone