Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Rowntree Park
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- De Grey Rooms
- The Bar Convent
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Lendal Bridge
- Stonegate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Debtors' Prison
- Mary Ward
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The County Court House