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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of St Olave
- King Richard II and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman Minster
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Bombed
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fishergate Bar
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bootham School
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Micklegate Bar