Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Clifford's Tower
- Feeding Roman York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Yorkshire Museum
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Minster
- A Pipkin
- The Greyfriars
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The County Court House
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Tombstone of Julia Velva