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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The White Rose of York
- York Union Gas Works
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Railway Station
- The Norman Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Central Library
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Silk Cap
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York Castle Museum
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Military Belt Fitting