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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Debtors' Prison
- The End of the Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Mansion House
- Bronze weights
- The New Theatre
- The Cawood Sword
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The County Court House
- York Castle Museum
- Bootham School
- Second World War York
- Transport Moves On
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church