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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Sixties York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The York Helmet
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Guildhall
- The Railway Institute
- The Abbot's House
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York's Airfield
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St William's Shrine
- The New Theatre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake