Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Minster Library
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Guy Fawkes
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- New Shopping Centres
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- John Carr - Architect
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Multangular Tower
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Carving