Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- The Roman Fortress
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Alcuin of York
- Clifford's Tower
- The Medieval Minster
- The Basilica
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Second World War York
- York's Airfield
- King Edward I and York
- Barker Tower
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Treasurer's House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop