Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- The Railway Institute
- The New Theatre
- The Roman Fortress
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Transport Moves On
- Vikings and Christianity
- Viking Silk Cap
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Bombed
- George Leeman
- The Cawood Sword
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Bar Convent
- Rebuilt in Stone