Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Stonegate
- The Council of Arles
- Royal Station Hotel
- Middleham Jewel
- Anglian Carving
- Guy Fawkes
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Observatory
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St William's Shrine
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Jubbergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse