Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Yorkshire Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Battle of the Standard
- Alcuin of York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Ripon College for Women
- Teaching the Poor
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Coins
- A New University
- York Castle Museum