Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Ouse Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- Church of St Olave
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cinema Comes to York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Viking Boot
- Alcuin of York