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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Battle of the Standard
- The 1190 Massacre
- Minster Library
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Central Library
- Anglian Cross
- Rowntree Park
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Horn of Ulf
- Teaching the Poor