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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- The Mansion House
- New Earswick
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Female Prison
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bone Trial Piece
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Red Tower
- The Norman House
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Bar Convent
- Artists, Writers and Scientists