Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- The White Rose of York
- Clifford's Tower
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Roman Fortress
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham School
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Micklegate Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- De Grey Rooms
- The Norman Minster
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway