Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Red Tower
- Crest of York St John College
- York Bombed
- York and the Holocaust
- Yorkshire Museum
- Treasurer's House
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Union Gas Works
- The White Rose of York
- The Roman Fortress
- The York Hoard
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Black Death
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol