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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- A New University
- The Norman House
- Ripon College for Women
- Transport Moves On
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ouse Bridge
- Bootham Bar
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York's Airfield
- King Edward III and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity