Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Viking Coins
- The Shambles
- Constantius Chlorus
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of St Olave
- Barker Tower
- The Battle of the Standard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Retreat
- Mary Ward
- The York Observatory
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King Edward I and York