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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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Industrial Upheaval
- The End of the Abbey
- King Edward II and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York and the Holocaust
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Middleham Jewel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Central Library
- The 1190 Massacre
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Pilgrimage of Grace