Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- A Pipkin
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- New Shopping Centres
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- Ouse Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- Scarborough Bridge
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Horn of Ulf
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Garrison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Central Library
- Victoria Bar