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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- William Etty, Artist
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- New Shopping Centres
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Military Belt Fitting
- De Grey Rooms
- The Mansion House
- Royal Station Hotel
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A New University
- Minster Library
- The Norman House
- York's Airfield
- Yorkshire Museum
- Barley Hall