Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Prisons
- York Bombed
- Vikings and Christianity
- Sixties York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Rowntree Park
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Judges Lodging
- The Basilica
- Viking Boot
- King Richard III and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Mithras and Arimanius