Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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 City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Norman Window Frame
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Minster Library
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Basilica
- The George Fox Incident
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Water Lanes
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Hanging Bowl