Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Guildhall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Statue of an Athlete
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Norman Window Frame
- Feeding Roman York
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Central Methodist Chapel
- George Leeman
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze weights