Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- George Leeman
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The White Rose of York
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Boot
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Battle of the Standard
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Water Lanes
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Helen
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King's Manor - Victorian