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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Sixties York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Industrial Upheaval
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Carving
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Black Death
- Crest of York St John College
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Fairfax House