Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Monk Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward I and York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Lendal Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Railway Station
- The First Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Clifford's Tower
- Rowntree Park
- A Pipkin
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Teaching the Poor