Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Helmet
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Male Grooming
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Gold Arm Ring
- Anglian Carving
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Horn of Ulf
- Judges Lodging
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Multangular Tower
- Ouse Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake