Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights
- View from Station Rise
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Teaching the Poor
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Vikings and Christianity
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Lendal Bridge
- King Edward III and York
- Roman Head Pot
- York and the Holocaust
- The Female Prison
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Tower
- York's Coat of Arms