Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fire in the Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Norman Window Frame
- The Red Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Minster Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Hospitium
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Holy Trinity Church
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster after the Reformation