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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- First World War York
- York Bombed
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Dick Turpin
- The Medieval Minster
- The Mansion House
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of St Olave
- Monk Bar
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- A New Walk
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cinema Comes to York
- A New Vision For York