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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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Church of St Helen
- Bone Trial Piece
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Roman Head Pot
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- Second World War York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Railway Institute
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions