Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Victoria Bar
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York Union Gas Works
- The End of the Abbey
- Olive Oil Container
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Stonegate
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The County Court House
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The York Observatory
- Water Lanes
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Female Prison