Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Minster Library
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Castle Museum
- York Railway Station
- King Edward II and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Railway Institute
- The Hospitium
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mary Ward
- A Pipkin
- Guy Fawkes
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- John Carr - Architect
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning