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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- Margaret Clitherow
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cinema Comes to York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Barley Hall
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Female Prison
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Minster Library
- York's Coat of Arms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Garrison
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Art Gallery