Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- New Earswick
- The Guildhall
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Norman Minster
- Feeding Roman York
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- The Debtors' Prison
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Ouse Bridge
- Lendal Tower
- William Etty, Artist
- Statue of the God Mars
- Tombstone of Julia Velva