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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward I and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Crest of York St John College
- Victoria Bar
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Carving
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Walmgate Bar