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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The York Hoard
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Scarborough Bridge
- Dick Turpin
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Bar Convent
- The Multangular Tower
- Second World War York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of an Athlete