Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Vikings and Christianity
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Greyfriars
- York Bombed
- The Abbot's House
- Bootham School
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New Vision For York
- Rowntree Park
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Female Prison
- The Horn of Ulf
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Eric Bloodaxe
- View from Station Rise