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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Garrison
- The York Helmet
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Feeding Roman York
- Ripon College for Women
- King Richard II and York
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Water Lanes
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Barker Tower
- Is York Cursed?
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Ouse Bridge
- William Etty, Artist