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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- First World War Memorial
- The Basilica
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The York Hoard
- York Railway Station
- Ripon College for Women
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Minster Library