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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- The Debtors' Prison
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- St Crux's Church
- Second World War York
- York Union Gas Works
- John Carr - Architect
- King Richard II and York
- The Hospitium
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The County Court House
- New Earswick
- St William's Shrine
- York Art Gallery
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- New Shopping Centres