Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham School
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- New Shopping Centres
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bronze weights
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Constantius Chlorus
- The 1190 Massacre
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- St Crux's Church
- King Edward III and York
- Scarborough Bridge
- The White Rose of York