Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Ripon College for Women
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Statue of the God Mars
- The York Hoard
- The Red Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Royal Station Hotel
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St William's Shrine
- York Castle Museum
- The Mansion House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Silk Cap
- Jewbury Cemetery