Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Medieval Prisons
- The George Fox Incident
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Helen
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statue of an Athlete
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Gold Arm Ring
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Micklegate Bar
- Lendal Bridge