Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King Richard II and York
- The Hospitium
- York's Coat of Arms
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Boot
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Holy Trinity Church
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Union Gas Works
- Gold Finger Ring
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze weights