Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Crest of York St John College
- York Castle Museum
- Gold Finger Ring
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze weights
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription to Hecules
- View from Station Rise
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Abbot's House
- The Medieval Castle
- Amber Bead Workshop