Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Church of St Helen
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Castle
- Stonegate
- York and the Holocaust
- View from Station Rise
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Coins
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of the God Mars
- Gold Finger Ring
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fairfax House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop