Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- King Edward III and York
- The Norman House
- The Railway Institute
- The Abbot's House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A New University
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Teaching the Poor
- Fishergate Bar
- Water Lanes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Burial Vessel