Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The New Theatre
- The End of the Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Norman Window Frame
- Sixties York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Crux's Church
- The York Hoard
- The Red Tower
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Church of St Helen