Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Basilica
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Victorian Prison Building
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Yorkshire Museum
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging
- The Female Prison
- Roman Head Pot
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Daniel Defoe's York