Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The County Court House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Female Prison
- A Pipkin
- The Black Death
- York Castle Museum
- Olive Oil Container
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Cawood Sword
- The Bar Convent
- St William's Shrine
- The Mystery Plays
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head