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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Boot
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Teaching the Poor
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Scarborough Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Cawood Sword
- View from Station Rise
- De Grey Rooms
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Medieval Minster
- The Hospitium
- The York Helmet
- The End of the Abbey