Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Medieval Abbey
- Walmgate Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Middleham Jewel
- Jewbury Cemetery
- New Shopping Centres
- Anglian Carving
- Barley Hall
- The York Observatory