Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The York Observatory
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's Coat of Arms
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Royal Station Hotel
- Military Belt Fitting
- A New Walk
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- Fairfax House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Mansion House
- The End of the Abbey
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church