Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Garrison
- First World War York
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Horn of Ulf
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- A New Walk
- King Richard III and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A New University
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Railway King: George Hudson