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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Treasurer's House
- The Female Prison
- Royal Station Hotel
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Castle
- The York Hoard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Bar
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Yorkshire Museum
- Statue of an Athlete