Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Barker Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Greyfriars
- St William's Shrine
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman Castle
- Stonegate
- The York Hoard
- The Hospitium
- St Crux's Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- Feeding Roman York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The End of the Abbey
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Norman House
- King Edward I and York