Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Crest of York St John College
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Mansion House
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Norman Window Frame
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Medieval Minster
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Railway Institute
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Yorkshire Museum