Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Railway Institute
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Mystery Plays
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Micklegate Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Norman Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Male Grooming
- Clifford's Tower
- Walmgate Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway