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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Horn of Ulf
- Teaching the Poor
- The Medieval Abbey
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The New Theatre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Ripon College for Women
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Dick Turpin
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York