Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of St Wilfrid
- St William's Shrine
- The Multangular Tower
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Our Lady's Row
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New University
- Viking Silk Cap
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Abbot's House
- The George Fox Incident
- The York Observatory