Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- A New Walk
- The Basilica
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The End of the Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Holy Trinity Church
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Coins
- The Debtors' Prison
- Micklegate Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- York's Coat of Arms
- Church of St Helen
- Minster Library
- The Minster in the 20th Century