Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- York Bombed
- De Grey Rooms
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- New Earswick
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Crest of York St John College
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The York Hoard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 20th Century