Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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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...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Fire in the Minster
- Cinema Comes to York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Railway Institute
- York's Coat of Arms
- Dick Turpin
- Guy Fawkes
- Middleham Jewel
- The Council of Arles
- Minster Library
- Holy Trinity Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Artists, Writers and Scientists