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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Micklegate Bar
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham School
- York Castle Museum
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- A Pipkin
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- Roman Head Pot
- George Leeman
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Red Tower
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Sixties York