Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Ripon College for Women
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Micklegate Bar
- The Greyfriars
- Anglian Carving
- The Roman Fortress
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Mansion House
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Fire in the Minster
- Transport Moves On
- The Battle of the Standard
- Walmgate Bar