Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The York Helmet
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- King Richard II and York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Walmgate Bar
- Anglian Carving
- Second World War York
- A Pipkin
- First World War York
- The Multangular Tower