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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Bar Convent
- Second World War York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- 62 Low Petergate
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Victoria Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Red Tower
- Walmgate Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bootham School
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze weights
- The White Rose of York
- Queen Margaret's Arch