Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- York Garrison
- William Etty, Artist
- Treasurer's House
- York Central Library
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Crux's Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The End of the Abbey
- The White Rose of York
- Statue of the God Mars
- First World War Memorial
- The York Hoard
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Judges Lodging