Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- A New University
- King Edward I and York
- York Bombed
- Bootham Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- View from Station Rise
- George Leeman
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Multangular Tower
- Yorkshire Museum
- Minster Library
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- William Etty, Artist
- King's Manor - Victorian