Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Inscription to Hecules
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Richard III and York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York's Airfield
- The Council of Arles
- The End of the Abbey
- Middleham Jewel
- The Guildhall
- Anglian Carving
- The First Minster
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Minster
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bone Trial Piece