Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- St William's Shrine
- The County Court House
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fairfax House
- Middleham Jewel
- The Female Prison
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's Coat of Arms
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Second World War York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- New Shopping Centres