Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- Church of St Helen
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Is York Cursed?
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The First Minster
- Cinema Comes to York
- View from Station Rise
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Holocaust
- The Norman House
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Silver Strap Ends
- Archbishop Scrope Executed