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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- York Union Gas Works
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Silk Cap
- The White Rose of York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- A Pipkin
- Feeding Roman York
- Monk Bar
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Railway Institute