Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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 Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- Lendal Bridge
- York and the Holocaust
- The Debtors' Prison
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Medieval Minster
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Yorkshire Museum
- Inscription to Hecules
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Basilica
- Sixties York
- The Battle of the Standard