Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman Minster
- First World War Memorial
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Railway Station
- Fairfax House
- Feeding Roman York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Red Tower
- Barley Hall
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Stonegate