Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- A Pipkin
- Norman Window Frame
- Second World War York
- Transport Moves On
- The George Fox Incident
- Feeding Roman York
- The New Theatre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Norman House
- The Abbot's House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Female Prison
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Railway Institute
- Fishergate Bar