Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Roman Fortress
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bootham Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Council of Arles
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Olive Oil Container
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Viking Boot
- Constantius Chlorus
- Second World War York