Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Sixties York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Black Death
- Micklegate Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Transport Moves On
- The First Railway Station
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The First Minster