Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's Airfield
- Viking Male Grooming
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Medieval Minster
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward I and York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Jubbergate
- The Assembly Rooms
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Clifford's Tower
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Black Death