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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of St Helen
- The Cawood Sword
- The George Fox Incident
- Bootham Bar
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cinema Comes to York
- Treasurer's House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Hoard
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Stonegate