Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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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 St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Monk Bar
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Shambles
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Lendal Bridge
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Norman Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bronze weights
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Teaching the Poor
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning