Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman House
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Norman Abbey
- York Railway Station
- Medieval Prisons
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Is York Cursed?
- A New University
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Anglian Cross
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Multangular Tower
- York Bombed
- The George Fox Incident
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector