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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Railway Station
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Clifford's Tower
- William Etty, Artist
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The End of the Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- Treasurer's House
- The Black Death
- Jubbergate
- The Mansion House
- Sixties York
- The Abbot's House
- The York Hoard