Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Our Lady's Row
- Micklegate Bar
- York Central Library
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Edward III and York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- A Pipkin
- A New Vision For York
- The York Observatory
- The Hospitium
- Central Methodist Chapel
- William Etty, Artist
- Mary Ward
- Fishergate Bar
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Barley Hall
- The Cawood Sword