Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and the Holocaust
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Female Prison
- The Guildhall
- York Union Gas Works
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Shambles
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Assembly Rooms
- The New Theatre
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham Bar
- The Medieval Minster
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Margaret Clitherow