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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Carving
- Ripon College for Women
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Railway Station
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- A New University
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Helmet
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- A Pipkin