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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Barker Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Dick Turpin
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The New Theatre
- Guy Fawkes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Scarborough Bridge
- Vikings and Christianity
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- First World War York
- The Minster after the Reformation