Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Silver Strap Ends
- Judges Lodging
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Our Lady's Row
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Guildhall
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Lendal Bridge
- A New University
- King Richard II and York
- View from Station Rise
- York Railway Station
- The Assembly Rooms
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa