Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Norman Window Frame
- The Norman House
- Statue of the God Mars
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Abbot's House
- The Horn of Ulf
- Transport Moves On
- King Edward I and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions