Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Castle Museum
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Walmgate Bar
- Is York Cursed?
- Feeding Roman York
- Rowntree Park
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Debtors' Prison
- New Shopping Centres