Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Lendal Bridge
- The Black Death
- Crest of York St John College
- The York Helmet
- York Union Gas Works
- York Bombed
- The Norman Abbey
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bronze weights
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Gold Finger Ring
- Teaching the Poor
- Feeding Roman York
- Second World War York
- Holy Trinity Church
- 62 Low Petergate