Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Mansion House
- The Norman Abbey
- The 1190 Massacre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Fishergate Bar
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Dick Turpin
- New Earswick
- Margaret Clitherow
- Second World War York
- Industrial Upheaval