Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- First World War York
- Church of St Helen
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Yorkshire Museum
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Hospitium
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Norman Abbey
- Inscription to Hecules
- Scarborough Bridge
- King Edward I and York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Female Prison