Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Helmet
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Greyfriars
- Is York Cursed?
- The First Minster
- York Railway Station
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- First World War Memorial
- The Mansion House
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A New University
- Bones of a Roman Combatant