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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Treasurer's House
- The Norman Castle
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Clifford's Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King Richard III and York
- George Leeman
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Barker Tower
- The Bar Convent
- York Art Gallery
- A New Walk
- Transport Moves On
- Gold Arm Ring