Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- First World War Memorial
- Micklegate Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- A New Vision For York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Medieval Prisons
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Norman Minster
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Richard II and York
- Fishergate Bar
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Yorkshire Museum
- The First Railway Station