Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Castle Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- Industrial Upheaval
- Anglian Cross
- Ripon College for Women
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Our Lady's Row