Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The York Hoard
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Abbot's House
- Second World War York
- The Norman House
- Stonegate
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Yorkshire Museum
- Water Lanes
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St William's Shrine
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Black Death
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop