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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Lendal Bridge
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The First Minster
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Teaching the Poor
- Dick Turpin
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The York Helmet
- Ouse Bridge
- Cinema Comes to York
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Cross
- Is York Cursed?
- The Minster in Viking Times