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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- The Female Prison
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Transport Moves On
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Water Lanes
- York Castle Museum
- Anglian Cross
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Industrial Upheaval
- Statue of the God Mars
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Medieval Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- Gold Arm Ring