Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- The Guildhall
- The Cawood Sword
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Holocaust
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Bar Convent
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Norman Window Frame
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Helen
- York's Airfield
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York