Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Railway Station
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Teaching the Poor
- The George Fox Incident
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- New Earswick
- Clifford's Tower
- Gold Arm Ring
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York's first historian: Francis Drake