Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Silk Cap
- New Shopping Centres
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Feeding Roman York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A New University
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- View from Station Rise
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of the God Mars
- 62 Low Petergate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bone Trial Piece