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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Mansion House
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Helen
- Teaching the Poor
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Is York Cursed?
- York Central Library
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Walmgate Bar
- Bronze weights
- Scarborough Bridge
- King Edward III and York
- The Battle of the Standard
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Norman Abbey
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers