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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Sixties York
- Gold Arm Ring
- First World War Memorial
- York Art Gallery
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Crest of York St John College
- Viking Boot
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman Abbey
- The Norman Minster
- Margaret Clitherow
- York's Airfield
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street