Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The First Minster
- Dick Turpin
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- George Leeman
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Constantius Chlorus
- John Carr - Architect
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Transport Moves On
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Rowntree Park
- Judges Lodging
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Yorkshire Museum
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- A New University