Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Medieval Prisons
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Alcuin of York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Church of St Olave
- Church of St Helen
- Water Lanes
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Our Lady's Row
- Transport Moves On
- King Richard II and York
- Mary Ward
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Helmet