Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York Union Gas Works
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Multangular Tower
- The Mansion House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Railway Station
- First World War Memorial
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Lendal Bridge
- Statue of the God Mars
- Archbishop Scrope Executed