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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- The Medieval Abbey
- Olive Oil Container
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York's Coat of Arms
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Statue of an Athlete
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Abbot's House