Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The End of the Abbey
- The York Helmet
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Statue of an Athlete
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Garrison
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Norman Castle
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Greyfriars
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York and the Holocaust
- The Council of Arles