Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Railway Station
- First World War York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- Second World War York
- Teaching the Poor
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Richard II and York
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inside the Roman Fortress