Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Alcuin of York
- Water Lanes
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Railway Institute
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Greyfriars
- The Medieval Minster
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The 1190 Massacre
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Judges Lodging