Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Lendal Bridge
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Norman Minster
- The Hospitium
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bootham Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Crux's Church
- Anglian Carving
- The Roman Fortress
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Hair of a Roman Girl