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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Mary Ward
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Assembly Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Water Lanes
- View from Station Rise
- The 1190 Massacre
- St William's Shrine
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Cinema Comes to York
- Medieval Prisons
- Statue of the God Mars
- Micklegate Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers