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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Ouse Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Statue of Napoleon
- The First Minster
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Our Lady's Row
- The County Court House
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of St Helen
- York and the Holocaust
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King Richard II and York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Art Gallery