Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Mystery Plays
- The Council of Arles
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Royal Station Hotel
- Rowntree Park
- The Cawood Sword
- Treasurer's House
- Roman Head Pot
- Monk Bar
- The Medieval Minster
- York's Coat of Arms
- Margaret Clitherow
- The New Theatre
- York and the Holocaust
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Jubbergate