Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Judges Lodging
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fire in the Minster
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Central Library
- 62 Low Petergate
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- First World War Memorial
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century