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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Anglian Cross
- The Multangular Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The County Court House
- The Railway Institute
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Female Prison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Red Tower
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop