Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Castle Museum
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Olave
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Mystery Plays
- Constantius Chlorus
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's Airfield
- Teaching the Poor
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Stonegate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers