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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Norman Window Frame
- Silver Strap Ends
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Multangular Tower
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- John Carr - Architect
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Cinema Comes to York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Roman Head Pot
- The Railway Institute
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham School
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Victorian Prison Building