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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- The Norman Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fairfax House
- George Leeman
- The Medieval Castle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Black Death
- Statue of Napoleon
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Church of St Olave
- Rowntree Park