Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War Memorial
- Royal Station Hotel
- Lendal Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Norman Castle
- Is York Cursed?
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Retreat
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Statue of the God Mars
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham School
- Glazed Medieval Jug