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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Castle
- The Cawood Sword
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Council of Arles
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Norman Minster
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Minster Library
- Middleham Jewel
- The Pilgrimage of Grace