Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Ripon College for Women
- The Guildhall
- Constantius Chlorus
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Clifford's Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Medieval Prisons
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Basilica
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Cinema Comes to York
- Dick Turpin
- William Etty, Artist
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa