Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Rowntree Park
- George Leeman
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Abbot's House
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bootham Bar
- The First Minster
- Inscription to Hecules
- Industrial Upheaval
- First World War Memorial
- Fishergate Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and the Holocaust