Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Coins
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Battle of the Standard
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The York Observatory
- A Pipkin
- Micklegate Bar
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Shambles
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The George Fox Incident
- A New Walk
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Crux's Church