Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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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.
- A New Vision For York
- The Black Death
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham School
- William Etty, Artist
- The End of the Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Central Library
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Crest of York St John College
- Ripon College for Women
- Aldwark Synagogue