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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Our Lady's Row
- The Hospitium
- Dick Turpin
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The York Hoard
- St Crux's Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Union Gas Works
- A New University
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- Roman Head Pot
- The Basilica
- Gold Finger Ring
- Is York Cursed?