Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- King Edward II and York
- George Leeman
- Vikings and Christianity
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Castle
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Judges Lodging
- The Battle of the Standard
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Second World War York
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze weights
- The York Observatory
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- King's Manor - Victorian