Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The York Helmet
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The New Theatre
- York and the Holocaust
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Medieval Prisons
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- A New University
- The Shambles
- King Edward I and York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Holy Trinity Church
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street