Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Victoria Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Castle
- King Richard II and York
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Walmgate Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop