Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Roman Head Pot
- Monk Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Council of Arles
- The Retreat
- Statue of an Athlete
- Vikings and Christianity
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bootham School
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The York Helmet
- St Columba's United Reformed Church