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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Greyfriars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Industrial Upheaval
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Assembly Rooms
- The White Rose of York
- The First Railway Station
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Retreat
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The York Helmet
- Monk Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Judges Lodging