Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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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 Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Ripon College for Women
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Council of Arles
- Fire in the Minster
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Roman Fortress
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Crux's Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- New Earswick
- The Mansion House
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Coins