Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Sixties York
- Medieval Prisons
- Minster Library
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Female Prison
- Judges Lodging
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Anglian Carving
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham School
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Lendal Tower
- The Bar Convent