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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The End of the Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Barker Tower
- Bootham School
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Central Library
- Dick Turpin
- Norman Window Frame
- York Union Gas Works
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Medieval Prisons
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St William's Shrine
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Teaching the Poor