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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- York's Airfield
- John Carr - Architect
- Bootham Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Margaret Clitherow
- Military Belt Fitting
- The George Fox Incident
- Roman Head Pot
- Barley Hall
- Anglian Cross
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Teaching the Poor
- The York Observatory
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Norman House
- Viking Boot