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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- York's Airfield
- Anglian Carving
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The York Helmet
- The Female Prison
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Coins
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Mystery Plays
- Margaret Clitherow
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Elizabeth Boardingham