Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Norman Abbey
- York Bombed
- Stonegate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- John Carr - Architect
- Victoria Bar
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- 62 Low Petergate
- De Grey Rooms
- Silver Strap Ends
- St William's Shrine
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Council of Arles
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Hospitium
- The Retreat
- York's Medieval Synagogue