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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Ouse Bridge
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Constantius Chlorus
- View from Station Rise
- Cinema Comes to York
- York's Airfield
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Assembly Rooms
- Barker Tower
- York Railway Station
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Richard III and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster after the Reformation