Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Viking Sword Pommel
- New Shopping Centres
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Rowntree Park
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Norman Minster
- Middleham Jewel
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Boot
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Victorian Prison Building