Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Clifford's Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Mansion House
- Medieval Prisons
- De Grey Rooms
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward I and York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Debtors' Prison
- Roman Head Pot
- A New Walk
- The Norman Minster