Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of St Helen
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- William Etty, Artist
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Earswick
- The Norman Minster
- Water Lanes
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Abbot's House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Hoard
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'