Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- New Shopping Centres
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Edward III and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- View from Station Rise
- The New Theatre
- The Cawood Sword
- York and the Holocaust
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Is York Cursed?
- Glazed Medieval Jug