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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fire in the Minster
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster after the Reformation
- William Etty, Artist
- A New Walk
- York Union Gas Works
- York's Coat of Arms
- The End of the Abbey
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels