Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Greyfriars
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Carving
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- 62 Low Petergate
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The First Minster
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The York Hoard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A Pipkin
- King Edward II and York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Viking Silk Cap