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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Crux's Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- View from Station Rise
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Micklegate Bar
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Boot
- The Roman Fortress
- The Norman Minster
- The First Railway Station
- Barley Hall
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- George Leeman