Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Anglian Carving
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman House
- A New Walk
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Union Gas Works
- The Multangular Tower
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The White Rose of York
- St Crux's Church
- St Leonard's Hospital
- King Edward II and York