Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Jubbergate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Cawood Sword
- York Central Library
- Crest of York St John College
- Barley Hall
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Norman Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- York's Medieval Synagogue