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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The George Fox Incident
- The Roman Fortress
- Dick Turpin
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Water Lanes
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Debtors' Prison
- William Etty, Artist
- Church of St Olave
- Ouse Bridge
- 62 Low Petergate