Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- King Edward I and York
- Micklegate Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Vikings and Christianity
- King Richard II and York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Airfield
- The Mystery Plays
- The 1190 Massacre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The York Observatory