Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Jubbergate
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Alcuin of York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Cross
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Dick Turpin
- York Central Library
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman Castle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed