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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Norman Window Frame
- Church of St Olave
- Bootham Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The First Minster
- The Red Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Teaching the Poor
- Bootham School
- A Pipkin
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Castle
- Jubbergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers