Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of the God Mars
- A New Walk
- Rowntree Park
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Viking Coins
- York's Airfield
- All Saints Church, North Street