Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- First World War York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of St Helen
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- King Edward I and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Constantius Chlorus
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Council of Arles
- The Norman Abbey