Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Fishergate Bar
- Anglian Cross
- First World War Memorial
- York and the Holocaust
- Royal Station Hotel
- George Leeman
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Red Tower
- John Carr - Architect
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's Airfield
- Sixties York
- Victoria Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries