Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Hoard
- York Railway Station
- King Edward III and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- First World War Memorial
- Industrial Upheaval
- New Shopping Centres
- Feeding Roman York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior