Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Viking Boot
- The Battle of the Standard
- Yorkshire Museum
- King Edward III and York
- Water Lanes
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Castle
- Feeding Roman York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Castle Museum
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head