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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Clifford's Tower
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Female Prison
- Barker Tower
- Crest of York St John College
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Olave
- Dick Turpin
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The First Railway Station
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- John Carr - Architect
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York