Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Horn of Ulf
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Art Gallery
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Multangular Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Earswick
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King Richard II and York
- Lendal Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel