Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Lendal Bridge
- Gold Finger Ring
- Sixties York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- George Leeman
- William Etty, Artist
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Guy Fawkes
- The Assembly Rooms
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- St William's Shrine
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The First Minster
- Yorkshire Museum
- Church of St Wilfrid