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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Roman Head Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cinema Comes to York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The George Fox Incident
- Dick Turpin
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Central Library
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Middleham Jewel