Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Walmgate Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The York Hoard
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Retreat
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Scarborough Bridge
- Dick Turpin
- Jubbergate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Female Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Multangular Tower
- John Carr - Architect