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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- First World War York
- The York Helmet
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Cross
- Cinema Comes to York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Castle
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Rowntree Park
- The Multangular Tower
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The George Fox Incident