Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Sixties York
- The Black Death
- The Basilica
- Crest of York St John College
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Bombed
- Teaching the Poor
- St William's Shrine
- William Etty, Artist
- A Pipkin
- Viking Coins
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Stonegate
- The County Court House
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York