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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Treasurer's House
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The York Helmet
- The York Observatory
- York Railway Station
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- A New University
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Debtors' Prison
- Dick Turpin
- Viking Male Grooming
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop