Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Lendal Tower
- Inscription to Hecules
- The First Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Victoria Bar
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The County Court House
- Holy Trinity Church
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The New Theatre
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Micklegate Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- The White Rose of York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Shambles