Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Scarborough Bridge
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Roman Fortress
- The York Hoard
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Stonegate
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster after the Reformation
- New Earswick
- The Female Prison