Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Mansion House
- View from Station Rise
- Church of St Olave
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Transport Moves On
- The Railway Institute
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Carving
- Lendal Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Richard II and York
- Monk Bar