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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Water Lanes
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New Walk
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Garrison
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward II and York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Cinema Comes to York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham School
- The Battle of Marston Moor