Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Castle
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The End of the Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Second World War York
- Monk Bar
- Mary Ward
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St William's Shrine
- King Edward III and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Central Library
- A New Walk
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers