Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Boot
- The 1190 Massacre
- Micklegate Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward II and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St William's Shrine
- The First Railway Station
- York in the fifteenth Century