Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Judges Lodging
- Rowntree Park
- The Black Death
- A New University
- The Multangular Tower
- Church of St Helen
- The Medieval Minster
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- John Carr - Architect
- Alcuin of York
- The First Railway Station