Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Treasurer's House
- Statue of the God Mars
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Bombed
- Eric Bloodaxe
- 62 Low Petergate
- Crest of York St John College
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Anglian Carving
- The Abbot's House
- View from Station Rise
- Dick Turpin
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Our Lady's Row
- Fairfax House