Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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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.
- The First Railway Station
- Fire in the Minster
- The Council of Arles
- Is York Cursed?
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mary Ward
- The York Hoard
- View from Station Rise
- Statue of an Athlete
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Cross
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Retreat
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Judges Lodging
- Vale of York Viking Hoard