Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Water Lanes
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Ripon College for Women
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Art Gallery
- Walmgate Bar
- The Hospitium
- William Etty, Artist
- The Horn of Ulf
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity