Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Coins
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Teaching the Poor
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Alcuin of York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- A Pipkin
- The York Hoard
- The George Fox Incident
- St Crux's Church
- The Guildhall
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Viking Boot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries