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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Cinema Comes to York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Multangular Tower
- The County Court House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The White Rose of York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The York Observatory
- The Railway Institute
- Fire in the Minster
- Military Belt Fitting
- Rowntree Park