Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- The Abbot's House
- Ripon College for Women
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Constantius Chlorus
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Medieval Minster
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Edward I and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Water Lanes
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Mystery Plays
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Dick Turpin
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters