Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Holocaust
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Female Prison
- Victoria Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Clifford's Tower
- York Union Gas Works
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Middleham Jewel
- Stonegate
- Silver Strap Ends
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Inscription to Hecules