Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of Napoleon
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Royal Station Hotel
- Judges Lodging
- The Red Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- King Edward I and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Mary Ward