Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Earswick
- The York Observatory
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Church of St Olave
- Ripon College for Women
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Micklegate Bar
- York Bombed
- York Union Gas Works
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Clifford's Tower
- King Richard III and York