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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- York Castle Museum
- The Roman Fortress
- The Shambles
- The Railway Institute
- Our Lady's Row
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Water Lanes
- The Greyfriars
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The First Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- The 1190 Massacre
- Is York Cursed?
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Mansion House
- York Union Gas Works