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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inscription to Hecules
- Fairfax House
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Shambles
- Dick Turpin
- Clifford's Tower
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Sword Pommel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Union Gas Works
- A New Walk
- King's Manor - Victorian