Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Wilfrid
- A Pipkin
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Art Gallery
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The First Minster
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Council of Arles
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman Castle
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Castle Museum
- The End of the Abbey