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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Barley Hall
- King Edward II and York
- York and the Holocaust
- The 1190 Massacre
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Medieval Abbey
- Constantius Chlorus
- The York Hoard
- The Female Prison
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Fairfax House
- The York Observatory
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Inscription to Hecules
- First World War Memorial