Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman Castle
- Bone Trial Piece
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Clifford's Tower
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Fishergate Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Aldwark Synagogue
- New Earswick
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)