Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Monk Bar
- St Crux's Church
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Industrial Upheaval
- Yorkshire Museum
- First World War Memorial
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Barker Tower
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Stonegate
- The Basilica
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Skeldergate Bridge