Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St William's Shrine
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Sixties York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Viking Coins
- Treasurer's House
- Feeding Roman York
- York Castle Museum
- Rowntree Park
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Holocaust
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- John Carr - Architect
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Horn of Ulf