Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Castle
- The 1190 Massacre
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Roman Head Pot
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Horn of Ulf
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Dick Turpin
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Central Library
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- De Grey Rooms
- Anglian Cross