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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Minster Library
- King Richard III and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Railway Institute
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Cinema Comes to York