Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Crux's Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Battle of the Standard
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Guildhall
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The End of the Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries