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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ouse Bridge
- The Norman Minster
- Rowntree Park
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- First World War York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Vikings and Christianity
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Council of Arles
- Military Belt Fitting
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Shambles
- Water Lanes