Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Cross
- Victoria Bar
- The Red Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Mystery Plays
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Transport Moves On
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church